1894 Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour

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1894

1894

Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour

Lines 1 -2 • What news did they bring to Mrs. Mallard? Knowing that

Lines 1 -2 • What news did they bring to Mrs. Mallard? Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. • Why did they take great care to tell her?

Lines 4 -5 It was her sister Josephine who told. her, in broken sentences;

Lines 4 -5 It was her sister Josephine who told. her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. • Who told her the news of her husband’s death? • Who was Mr Richard A hint : un indice To conceal: cacher

 • Who Lines 5 -7 It was he who had been in the.

• Who Lines 5 -7 It was he who had been in the. newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of “killed. ” told Josephine the news that Mr. Mallard had died? • Where was Richards when he heard the news? • How did he find out Mr. Mallard had died? intelligence: information of news

Lines 8 -10 He had only taken the time to assure himself. of its

Lines 8 -10 He had only taken the time to assure himself. of its truth by a second telegram, and hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message. • Why did he hurry to tell Mrs. Mallard the news? • • Hastened: se dépêcher Haste : la hate Forestall: empêcher Bearing: apporter

Lines 10 -13 She did not hear the story as many women have heard

Lines 10 -13 She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to. accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow. What does Mrs. Mallard do when she hears the news? • Significance= meaning • To weep, wept: to cry • Grief = sadness

Lines 14 -16 There stood, facing the open window, a. comfortable, roomy armchair. Into

Lines 14 -16 There stood, facing the open window, a. comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. • What did she do when she entered the room? • How did she feel? • To sink, sank, sunk= couler, s’enfoncer • Exhaustion= tiredness • To haunt= • To reach= • The soul

Lines 16 -20 She could see in the open square before her house the

Lines 16 -20 She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring. life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. • What did she see or hear in the open square? • Aquiver: shaking or trembling a little. • Peddler: vendeur de rue • Wares: marchandises • Faintly: doucement • Countless: d’innombrables • Sparrow: moineau • Eaves: avant-toit

Lines 21 -22 There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through

Lines 21 -22 There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds. that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window. • Why does the author mention the clouds? • Patches: little bits

Lines 24 -26 She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of

Lines 24 -26 She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, . quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams. • • What was she doing? • How was she feeling? • To sob: to cry • Throat: gorge

Lines 26 -28 She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke

Lines 26 -28 She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But. now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought. • What is she doing? • What words describe her? • Bespoke: traduisent, témoignent de • Dull: terne • Stare : regard fixe • Yonder: au loin

Lines 30 -32 There was something coming to her and she was waiting for

Lines 30 -32 There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not. know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air. • What was creeping out of the sky? • Creeping: moving slowly

Lines 33 -35 Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to

Lines 33 -35 Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was. approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will – as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. • What did she think was coming? Striving: s’efforcer de

Lines 33 -35 When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly

Lines 33 -35 When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over. under her breath: "free, free!" The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body • Why does she say “free, free”?

Lines 40 -41 She did not stop to ask if it were or were.

Lines 40 -41 She did not stop to ask if it were or were. not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. • She is feeling two opposite feelings, what are they?

Lines 41 -45 She knew that she would weep again when she saw the

Lines 41 -45 She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with. love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome. •

Lines 46 -48 There would be no one to live for during those coming

Lines 46 -48 There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no. powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. •

Lines 48 -50 A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem

Lines 48 -50 A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she. looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination. •

Lines 51 -53 And yet she had loved him – sometimes. Often she had

Lines 51 -53 And yet she had loved him – sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter!. What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being! •

Lines 54 • "Free! Body and soul free!" she. kept whispering.

Lines 54 • "Free! Body and soul free!" she. kept whispering.

Lines 55 -58 Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to

Lines 55 -58 Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for admission. "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door – you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door. " •

Lines 55 -58 “Go away. I am not making myself ill. ” No; she

Lines 55 -58 “Go away. I am not making myself ill. ” No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window. •

Lines 60 -63 Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her.

Lines 60 -63 Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long. •

Lines 63 -66 She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's

Lines 63 -66 She arose at length and opened the door to her sister's importunities. There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. She clasped her sister's waist, and together they descended the stairs. Richards stood waiting for them at the bottom. •

Lines 67 -69 Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It

Lines 67 -69 Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of the accident, and did not even know there had been one. •

Lines 67 -69 He stood amazed at Josephine's piercing cry; at Richards’ quick motion

Lines 67 -69 He stood amazed at Josephine's piercing cry; at Richards’ quick motion to screen himself from the view of his wife. •

Lines 67 -69 . • When the doctors came they said she had died

Lines 67 -69 . • When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease – of joy that kills.